Saturday Game Recaps

Last weekend’s games of Pour House Trivia welcomed 34 teams across four venues:

FIRST HALF:

Our weekend teams rolled through the opening rounds, which dealt with topics such as Aretha Franklin, the TV sitcom “Veep”, and Heisman Trophy winners who played other sports. Our Saturday teams were on top of their baseball films as we looked at these two Charlie Sheen roles:

Friday’s audio question featured the “Hawaii Five-O” theme song, but none of our teams earned bonus points by knowing (within one year) the debut date of the original series, which hit the airwaves in 1968. Only two of Saturday teams earned wagerng points on a world history question which discussed China’s Warring States period. While six of our teams earned a perfect score in the first round, none of our teams could replicate the feat n the second round.

HALFTIME:

Movies were heavily featured on the weekend halftime pages, as our Friday teams were asked to identify Christmas films, while our Saturday teams dealt with the actors of film remakes. Across the board, five teams earned a perfect score of 20 points, while the overall average reached 17.2 points. Here is your halftime leaderboard from last weekend:

SECOND HALF:

In each of our weekend games, a third round question dealing with animals threw several of our teams for a loop. First up was this question from Friday’s game:

–> After completing a 45-year study of social interactions in Tanzania, American anthropologist Jane Goodall is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on which primate?

Movies must have still been fresh on the minds of our Friday players, as more than half of our teams coughed up a high wager on the incorrect answer of gorillas, perhaps conflating the work of Dian Fossey (as depicted in the film “Gorillas in the Mist”) with the correct answer of chimpanzees. On Saturday, this question landed at just under a 30% success rate:

–> Mammals such as beavers, muskrats, capybaras, and otters all sport which unusual anatomical feature that they share with many birds?

All of those mammals sport webbed feet. None of our weekend teams managed to record a perfect score in either of the final two rounds. Here is your weekend leaderboard heading into the final question:

FRIDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (33.3% success rate):

–> Algorithms known asthe layer method, the block method, the corner method, and the super-flipmethod have all been used to solve what?

SATURDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (75.0% success rate):

–> In the standard American version of Scrabble,which set of four consecutive letters (alphabetically speaking) are worth one point each?

We must have been in the Christmas spirit, as both of our final questions dealt with something we may have found under the Christmas tree as a child. Exactly one third of our Friday teams earned points with the correct final answer of the Rubik’s Cube, while our Saturday teams found a greater level of success with the correct response of R, S, T, and U. None of our teams posted a Perfect 21 last weekend. These were your highest scoring teams from last weekend:

Last weekend’s games of Pour House Trivia welcomed 47 teams across four venues:

FIRST HALF:

First half topics from last weekend included Nickelodeon’s trademark green slime, the Canadian symbol of the maple leaf, the poorly named game of Chinese checkers, and this massively expensive epic film:

Our Friday teams struggled a bit with second round bonus questions concerning the remake version of the film “Flatliners” and the athletic nickname of the College of William & Mary (Tribe). Though the most difficult bonus question of the first half was asked in Saturday’s second round on the subject of U.S. history. Most of our Saturday teams knew that the Sherman Act of the late 19th century often includes the word ‘antitrust’ in its name, but none of our teams knew that Benjamin Harrison was serving as U.S. President when the bill was signed into law. While seven weekend teams swept the first round, none of our teams could replicate the feat in the second round.

HALFTIME:

Last weekend’s halftime pages focused on topics such as cocktail recipes and fictional aunts and uncles. Seven teams notched a perfect halftime score while the overall average landed at 16.3 points. These were your highest scoring weekend teams at the halftime break:

SECOND HALF:

In the second half, our Friday teams dealt with a Three Clues question concerning the number 88 (specifically, that it is the only number less than 100 which is expressed using eight Roman numerals: LXXXVIII), before moving on to topics such as the life of Nelson Mandela and the husbands of Rebecca Romijn. Our Saturday teams were quizzed on the names of the Galilean Moons and this former Nickelodeon series:

The two most difficult wagering questions of the weekend were asked in each of our final rounds. Our Friday teams dealt with this sports stumper:

–> After the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets joined the league in 1988, the NBA added two more expansion franchises the following year. For your wager, name either one of these two teams.

Only four of our Friday teams could name either one of the two correct answers: the Minnesota Timberwolves or the Orlando Magic. Meanwhile, our Saturday teams struggled with this music question:

–> Though it had nothing to do with Einstein, which pop singer released the 2008 album “E = MC2”?

The “MC” was the hint here, but only three Saturday teams responded correctly with Mariah Carey. Clashburn (Vanish Brewery) and Cultured Heathens (Pretzel & Pizza Creations) notched perfect third round scores, while Cultured Heathens completed a stellar second half by also sweeping the final round. Here is your pre-final leaderboard from last weekend:

FRIDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (13.3% success rate):

–> Grossing more than 370 million dollars at the domestic box office, which 21st century film is the highest grossing R-rated movie in U.S. history?

SATURDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (50.0% success rate):

–> Born with the real name of Eric Bishop, this actor has earned two Oscar nominations during his film career, both of which were earned for films released in 2004. Name this actor who would go on to win the award for Best Lead Actor.

On Friday, films such as “Avatar” (rated PG-13) and “Deadpool” (second on the list) were popular wrong answers, as only four of our 30 Friday teams answered correctly with “The Passion of the Christ”. On Saturday, exactly half of our teams earned points on the final question with the correct response of Jamie Foxx, who earned a supporting nomination as a cab driver in the Tom Cruise film “Collateral”, before winning the Oscar for his role in “Ray”. None of our teams landed the Perfect 21 last weekend. Here is your final weekend leaderboard:

As we crossed into the final month of 2018, we welcomed 32 teams across three weekend venues:

FIRST HALF:

Opening round topics from last weekend included the zodiac sign Taurus, the film “Space Jam”, and the Danube River. All of our weekend teams dealt with a wicked first round bonus question. Only one of our Friday teams could name all three of the films for which Tom Hanks was nominated for an Oscar but did NOT win: “Big”, “Saving Private Ryan”, and “Cast Away”. Meanwhile, most of our Saturday teams could not remember that Kim Campbell was the only woman to server as Prime Minister of Canada. Our weekend audio questions dealt with TV sitcoms and music groups named for geographic locations. We closed Friday’s first half with a look at this celebrity couple:

The only perfect score of the first half was posted by Demented and Sad But Social (Belles’), who posted 36 points in Saturday’s second round.

HALFTIME:

While both of our weekend halftime pages played rather difficultly, Friday’s matching section proved to be particularly diabolical, as it featured songs which contain the word “Doctor” in the title. Our average score reached 12.7 points on Friday, while our Saturday teams performed slightly better with an average of 14.5 points. Neither page yielded a perfect score. These were your highest scoring weekend teams at the halftime break:

SECOND HALF:

The most difficult bonus question of the weekend kicked off Saturday’s second half, as only one of our 18 teams knew that “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” was originally conceived as a poem written by Johann von Goethe. Meanwhile, our Friday teams struggled to pin the year of Marco Polo’s birth. Even with a 30-year window either way, only one team tacked on those two bonus points by landing within the range of 1254. Other second half topics included Claude Monet, the Stephen King novel “The Tommyknockers”, and these morning TV co-hosts:

None of our weekend teams recorded a perfect score in either of the final two rounds. Here is your pre-final leaderboard from last weekend:

FRIDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (40.0% success rate):

–> What is the world’s longest river that has no bridges across it?

SATURDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (11.1% success rate):

–> Name any two of the four African countries which are home to ski resorts.

While two-in-five teams earned points on Friday’s final question with the correct answer of the Amazon River, only two of our 18 Saturday teams could replicate the feat, giving us any two of these four countries: Algeria, Morocco, Lesotho, and South Africa. As a result, none of our weekend teams recorded the Perfect 21. Here is your final weekend leaderboard:

Our Friday venues took the night off during this holiday weekend, which meant that 18 teams took in a game at one of our two Saturday venues:

FIRST HALF:

After breezing through questions about foreign currency and the composition of a standard orchestra, our Saturday teams encountered the two most difficult bonus questions of the night:

–> Under the current format, what is the maximum prize that a contestant can earn during the Showcase Showdown on “The Price is Right”?

–> While playing for the Seattle Seahawks, who became the most recent linebacker to win the Super Bowl MVP?

In each case, only two teams earned bonus points with the respective correct answers of $26,000 and Malcolm Smith. We listened to three-letter music groups in the audio question (Lit, Jet, Fun) before moving on to topics such as the Thirty Years’ War and these Oscar-winning films:

The only perfect score of the first half was recorded by J. T. Snow School of Babysitting (Belles’), who notched 36 points in the second round.

HALFTIME:

Thanksgiving films was the featured topic on Saturday’s halftime page, which yielded an average score of 15.4 points. Three teams topped out at 19 points, but “Alice’s Restaurant” and “The Ice Storm” proved to be tough enough to keep the perfect scores off the board. Here is your Saturday leaderboard at the halftime break:

SECOND HALF:

The second half actually played slightly easier for our Saturday teams, as the field racked up bonus points on topics such as the “Rumble in the Jungle”, the work of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, Bratz dolls, and the former wives of Tom Cruise:

While each of the final two rounds yielded four perfect scores, J. T. Snow School of Babysitting (Belles’) was the only team to achieve the feat in both the third and fourth round. These were your highest scoring Saturday teams heading into the final question:

SATURDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (66.7% success rate):

–> Which common object is the focus of the 21st century term nomophobia?

Shortly after the turn of the century, British scientists coined and defined the term nomophobia as “the fear of not having constant access to one’s cell phone”. After another stellar performance, J. T. Snow School of Babysitting (Belles’) notched the only Perfect 21 of the weekend with correct answers on all wagering questions. Here is your final Saturday night leaderboard:

Last weekend’s game of Pour House Trivia welcomed 53 teams across four venues, including an enormous 26-team field at Vanish Brewery in Leesburg:

FIRST HALF:

Both of our weekend games included questions on Biblical figures in the first round. Our Friday teams were asked about Judas Iscariot, while our Saturday squads dealt with the story of Delilah. Other first round topics included the source of J. K. Rowling’s pen name, the state of New Hampshire, and this memorable piece of film wardrobe:

Our weekend audio questions featured the theme to “Boardwalk Empire” and songs which include the word “Feel”: “Do You Feel Like We Do” by Peter Frampton, “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson, and “Feel it Still” by Portugal. The Man. After breezing through those songs, our Saturday teams encountered a pair of diabolical second round questions:

–> Earlier this year, a 1964 version of the 250 GTO model became the most expensive car in history, selling in a private transaction for 70 million dollars. Which manufacturer produced this car?

–> As the second female Smurf to be introduced on the 1980s TV series, which character was depicted as a freckled redhead with pigtails and pink overalls?

In each case, only two of our Saturday teams turned in the correct responses of Ferrari and Sassette:

Each of the first two rounds yielded five perfect scores, though none of our weekend teams posted perfect scores in both rounds.

HALFTIME:

Movies were the featured topic on each of our weekend halftime pages: Friday’s teams dealt with film scenes featuring pointed guns, while Saturday’s game included a matching section on film taglines. Overall, the average score landed at 16.2 points, with six teams notching a perfect score of 20 points. These were your highest scoring weekend teams at the halftime break:

SECOND HALF:

The most difficult second half question from last weekend was posed to our Friday teams in the form of a three-part question regarding the Winter Olympics:

1) This Asian nation hosted the 2018 Winter Games.

2) This is the only nation which has hosted the Winter Olympics on four separate occasions.

3) This nation hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

Many teams assumed that the answer to Part 2 was surely going to be a European country, so the field was quite surprised to learn that the United States has hosted the Winter Olympics four times: Lake Placid in 1932, Squaw Valley in 1960, Lake Placid in 1980, and Salt Lake City in 2002. As a result, only 14% of our Friday teams earned wagering points with at least two correct answers. Most of our Saturday teams rolled through the second half, but hit a road block on the final bonus questions of the third round, which asked for the first name of this advertising character:

That forgotten character is Chef Wendell. His and Her Peas (Vanish Brewery) notched 36 points in the third round, marking the only perfect score of the second half last weekend. Here is your pre-final leaderboard:

FRIDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (46.2% success rate):

–> Among the seven U.S. state capitals with populations of at least 600,000 people, which is the only one that is NOT the most populous city in its home state?

SATURDAY’S FINAL QUESTION (25.0% success rate):

–> Which FIRST and LAST name is shared by the following two people?

1) A fictional sidekick that ranked at #20 on TV Guide’s List of the Greatest TV Characters of All-Time.

2) A 49-year old actor who earned an Academy Award nomination for his 1996 feature film debut.

Your respective correct answers included Austin, Texas and Edward Norton. Congratulations to Tequila Mockingbird (Vanish Brewery), who posted the only Perfect 21 of the weekend by correctly answering all wagering questions. Here is your final overall leaderboard from last weekend: